Silicon Labs Prevails in Federal Trade Secrets Action
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From the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, Silicon Laboratories Inc. of Austin said Friday that it won a trade secrets verdict in U.S. District Court in Austin against competitor Axiom Microdevices of Irvine, California.
A jury decided that Axiom misappropriated Silicon Labs' trade secrets "with malice, fraud or gross negligence," the company said. The court will hold a later hearing on remedies.
The secrets involved a power-amplifier chip that Silicon Labs was developing for cell phones. A Silicon Labs employee, Ali Niknejad, who worked on the project, later joined the technical advisory board of Axiom. Silicon Labs claimed Niknejad passed its design secrets to the startup, which used them to design a competing chip.
A more detailed story from TMCNet on the lawsuit can be found here.
A jury decided that Axiom misappropriated Silicon Labs' trade secrets "with malice, fraud or gross negligence," the company said. The court will hold a later hearing on remedies.
The secrets involved a power-amplifier chip that Silicon Labs was developing for cell phones. A Silicon Labs employee, Ali Niknejad, who worked on the project, later joined the technical advisory board of Axiom. Silicon Labs claimed Niknejad passed its design secrets to the startup, which used them to design a competing chip.
A more detailed story from TMCNet on the lawsuit can be found here.
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